Improvement in hose-tunnels for city railways



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LAUREN GE MY ERS, OEA PHILADELPHIA, PENN SYLVANIA..

` Letters Patent N0..112,731, dated March 14. 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN HCSE-TUNNELS FOR CITV RAILWAVS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe'same.

I, LAURENCE MYERS, of the city of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improved Hose-Protector for Railroads, ofwhich the'following is a specification. 4

.Nature and Qly'ect of the Invention.

My invention consists of a chamber, closed at thel ends, andv arrangedbelow and extending beyond the rails of a track,land provided withdetachable or movable covers, as fully described hereafter, so that hosecan be passed across the line of the track without in- :terfering withtravel on the latter, or interrupting the continued iiow of the water.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a plan view of partvof a rai1road-track, showing my improvedhose-protector;

Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 1 2, g. l; l

Figure 3 is a perspective view of abox or case which may be used incarrying out my improvement; and

Figures 4, 5, and 6, perspective views ofthe covers of the box.

General Description'.

A A are cross-ties, arranged in the usual'manner, and supportingstringere B B, to which are secured the rails E;

A chamber or recess is formed below and beyond the rails; and in thisrecess, in the present instance, is tted a box, D, the ends of whichextend beyond the outer sides of the rails.

The ends of the stringers abut against the sides of the box-ribs e e,onwhich conne the stringere laterally;

and in the bottom ofthe box are openings for the passage of water andfor the reception of spikes a, by which the box is secured to thecross-ties.

To the top of the box, between the rails, are fitted lids F, which, inthe present instance, are detachable, although they may be securedpermanently to or form a part of the box; and to the ends of the boxwhich extend beyond the rails are fitted detachable llids G G Y V yondthe rails, being covered between the rails, and

provided, at the, outer sides of the latter', with detachable or movablelids, in the same manner -as the box.

C' laten.

. The within-described boxI), with its recesses f j, ribs c e, andcovers F G, as set forth.

In testimony that the above is'my invention I havel hereunto set my handand alhxed my seal this 4th day of August, 1870.

LAURENCE MYERS.. [L s.]

Witnesses:

STEPHEN Us'rrex, THOMAS J. BEWLEY.

